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Lot #379
Henry Clay Frick Typed Letter Signed

The famously stingy tycoon gives a high sum to a relative

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The famously stingy tycoon gives a high sum to a relative

Prominent American industrialist (1849-1919) who served as president of U.S. Steel and assembled a world-class art collection now housed in the New York museum that bears his name. TLS signed “H. C. Frick,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, October 13, 1897. Letter to Karl Overholt in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in part: "I have yours of the 11th, and hand you herewith check for Four Hundred Dollars…It would seem to me to be prudent for you to open a bank account in some institution in Cambridge, and check on it as you need the money. I hope you will make good progress with your studies." In very good to fine condition, with overall creasing, and scattered small stains.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autograph and Artifacts, Ft. Revolutionary War
  • Dates: #612 - Ended July 14, 2021





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